Plant Eucalyptus citriodora (Myrtaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Lemon Eucalyptus; Lemon-Scented Gum; Spotted Gum; Citron-Scented Gum

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
LEDOL	0	Shoot	not available	0.1	-0.22	Zrira, S. S., Benjilali, B. B., Fechtal, M. M., & Richard, H. H. 1991. Essential Oils of Twenty-seven Eucalyptus Species Grown in Morocco. Journal of Essential Oil Res. 4: 259-264.
LIMONENE	60	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf	20.0	1420.0	1.05	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LIMONENE	60	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	5000.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Shoot	not available	4000.0	1.71	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Leaf	15.0	180.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Leaf	15.0	180.0	-0.52	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LINALOOL	53	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	3000.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Shoot	not available	3000.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	2000.0	7500.0	-0.97	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	9000.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL	63	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Leaf	1.0	120.0	-0.13	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
MYRCENE	22	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Shoot	not available	0.1	-0.34	Zrira, S. S., Benjilali, B. B., Fechtal, M. M., & Richard, H. H. 1991. Essential Oils of Twenty-seven Eucalyptus Species Grown in Morocco. Journal of Essential Oil Res. 4: 259-264.
MYRTENOL	2	Shoot	not available	0.1	-0.25	Zrira, S. S., Benjilali, B. B., Fechtal, M. M., & Richard, H. H. 1991. Essential Oils of Twenty-seven Eucalyptus Species Grown in Morocco. Journal of Essential Oil Res. 4: 259-264.
NEO-ISOPULEGOL	0	Leaf	20.0	680.0	-1.00	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
O-METHYLEUCALYPTIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMEN-8-OL	0	Shoot	not available	0.1	-0.17	Zrira, S. S., Benjilali, B. B., Fechtal, M. M., & Richard, H. H. 1991. Essential Oils of Twenty-seven Eucalyptus Species Grown in Morocco. Journal of Essential Oil Res. 4: 259-264.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antimutagenic	11	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antineoplastic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic	4	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	4	Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antiobesity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity?	1	Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antiodontalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antionychyotic	1	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiotitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	13	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	3	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antipharyngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial	5	Duke, 1992 *